Released May 1962 Label Warner Bros. | Length 33:14 Release date May 1962 | |
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Nominations Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Similar Peter - Paul and Mary albums, Folk music albums | ||
Peter paul and mary the peter paul and mary album 1966 full album
Peter, Paul and Mary is the first album by Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1962 on Warner Bros. Records. Released in both mono and stereo on catalog no. 1449, It is one of the rare folk albums to reach US#1 - staying for over a month. The lead-off singles "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree" reached numbers 10 and 35 respectively on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. It was the group's biggest selling studio album, eventually certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. sales of more than two million copies. The Album was reissued as 180 Gram vinyl in 2016 under the Waxtime Label as #772125. The Waxtime issue has 3 Bonus tracks which are side 1 #7 - One Kind of Favor ( live) ,side 2 track #7 - The Times They Are A' Changin' ( Live) & Track #8 - If I Had My Way ( Live)
Contents
- Peter paul and mary the peter paul and mary album 1966 full album
- Track listing
- Credits
- Songs
- References
At the Grammy Awards of 1963, their recording of "If I Had a Hammer" won the Best Folk Recording and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Grammies.
Track listing
Side one
- "Early in the Morning" (Noel "Paul" Stookey)
- "500 Miles" (Hedy West)
- "Sorrow" (Noel Stookey, Peter Yarrow)
- "This Train" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)
- "Bamboo" (Dave Van Ronk)
- "It's Raining" (Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow)
Side two
- "If I Had My Way" (Rev. Gary Davis)
- "Cruel War" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)
- "Lemon Tree" (Will Holt)
- "If I Had a Hammer" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays)
- "Autumn to May" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)
- "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger)
Credits
Songs
1Early in the Morning1:37
2500 Miles2:48
3Sorrow2:53